Improvement in reclining rocking-chairs



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J R NEWMAN I RECLINING'ROCKING-CHAIR. No.170,Z93, Patented Nov. 23

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J'. R. NEWMAN.

RECLIIjTING ROCKING-CHAIR.

Patented Nov. 23, 1875.-

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT QFFICE.

JARED NEWMAN, OF FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RECLINING ROCKING-CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,293, dated November 23, 1875; application filed August 28, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. R. NEWMAN, of

Franklin, in the county of Venango and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Reclining Rocking- Ghairs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification. and to the letters and figures of referencemarked there- Figures 1 and 20f the drawings are representations of side views of my chair, respectively, showing it as depressed and elevated. Figs. 3 are detail views of the same.

Thisinvention has relation to reclining rockin g-chairs and my object is to provide simple means which will allow the occupant to recline in a comfortable position while in the chair. The nature of my invention consists in a reclining rocking-chair having sliding catchplates, and also vertical supports for the back of the chair, as will be hereinafter fully shown and described.

The letter A represents the arms of my improved rocking-chair, in which are recessed the ratchet-plates a. B indicates the sliding catch-braces, which operate in the ratchetplates a. The said, sliding catch-braces have projections, r, opposite to the arms A, and are pivoted to the back (J upon plates f by means of pins 1). The armsA are rigidly secured to the bottom of the chair at c, and to the metallic plates D, by means of pins or screws 6. The said plates D are also rigidly secured to the rear legs or posts E, by means of the pins or screws d d. F indicates the metallic supports, which are pivoted to the back 0, and extend down to the end of the rockers G, Where they are passed freely through staples, h, driven in the rockers G. The supports F are made with feet, g, on their lower ends, to prevent their pulling out of staples h, and also to act as bearings when a weight on the back of the chair is thrown upon them. The side pieces of the back 0 have rounding bevels at t, and are pivoted to plates D, as shown in the drawings.

When it is desirable to recline in the chair it may be done by raising the sliding catchbraces B, and releasing the projections 1' from their. engagement with the ratchet-plates a, thereby allowing the back Oto be easily depressed until the supports F strike the floor or surface upon which the chair is resting. The supports F will thus sustain the back and prevent the chair from tilting over when the person in it is in a reclining position.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The back 0. hinged to the seat, and provided with the pivoted support F, and the pivoted catch-braces B, having projectionsr, in combination with the arms A, having ratchetplates a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JARED R. NEWMAN. I Witnesses:

J. S. MCORAY, E. P. CROOKS. 

